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Countries Ranked by Physicians (per 1,000 people)

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: SH.MED.PHYS.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported physicians (per 1,000 people) data for 2023, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 58 countries reporting, the median value is 1.75, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Malaysia

2.34

Europe & Central Asia

Georgia

5.64

Latin America & Caribbean

Argentina

5.11

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Israel

3.80

North America

Canada

2.82

South Asia

Sri Lanka

1.14

Sub-Saharan Africa

Cabo Verde

0.73

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Rank	Country	Region	Physicians (per 1,000 people)
1	Georgia	Europe & Central Asia	5.64
2	Austria	Europe & Central Asia	5.52
3	Argentina	Latin America & Caribbean	5.11
4	Andorra	Europe & Central Asia	5.07
5	Norway	Europe & Central Asia	4.98
6	Belarus	Europe & Central Asia	4.72
7	San Marino	Europe & Central Asia	4.63
8	Iceland	Europe & Central Asia	4.37
9	Poland	Europe & Central Asia	4.03
10	Moldova	Europe & Central Asia	4.02
11	Ireland	Europe & Central Asia	3.88
12	Israel	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	3.80
13	Kazakhstan	Europe & Central Asia	3.75
14	Ukraine	Europe & Central Asia	3.53
15	Saudi Arabia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	3.41
16	Chile	Latin America & Caribbean	3.33
17	United Kingdom	Europe & Central Asia	3.30
18	Qatar	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	3.02
19	United Arab Emirates	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.99
20	Canada	North America	2.82
21	Montenegro	Europe & Central Asia	2.78
22	Colombia	Latin America & Caribbean	2.54
23	Dominican Republic	Latin America & Caribbean	2.43
24	Brazil	Latin America & Caribbean	2.36
25	Malaysia	East Asia & Pacific	2.34
26	Turkmenistan	Europe & Central Asia	1.93
27	Tajikistan	Europe & Central Asia	1.87
28	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.81
29	Palau	East Asia & Pacific	1.81
30	Peru	Latin America & Caribbean	1.69
31	El Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean	1.62
32	Kyrgyz Republic	Europe & Central Asia	1.57
33	Suriname	Latin America & Caribbean	1.36
34	Sri Lanka	South Asia	1.14
35	Nepal	South Asia	1.01
36	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.73
37	Bangladesh	South Asia	0.72
38	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.56
39	Indonesia	East Asia & Pacific	0.52
40	Jamaica	Latin America & Caribbean	0.46
41	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.38
42	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.38
43	Afghanistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.32
44	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.29
45	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.27
46	Solomon Islands	East Asia & Pacific	0.24
47	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.22
48	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.19
49	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.17
50	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.14
51	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.14
52	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.11
53	Yemen, Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.10
54	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.09
55	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.09
56	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.07
57	Papua New Guinea	East Asia & Pacific	0.06
58	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.04

Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.MED.PHYS.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2023; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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